Chapter XIV: Questionable Ethics

"Bro, is that really you?"

"Who else would it be, dude?" I said to him. His smile widened and immediately hugged me,

"DUDE! YOU CANNOT BELIEVE HOW I AND THE MANE 6 MISS YOU SO FREAKING MUCH! Wait, you need to see them now!" He then grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the direction of Twilight's house. I must say, it's really good to be back where I belong, well not technically where I belong since I was born on Earth and not here. As I was walking, many ponies were shocked and happy to see me because I was finally back… And it is good.

"Whoa dude, calm down. Okay, we'll see them." I said to him as he slowed down from the running.

"Okay… Dude, where have you been?" he asked me,

"I've been to Dark's place. Dark's father teleported me there so I could met their family."

"Oh… Hey look, there's Twilight's house." He pointed at the big treehouse.

We knocked on the door and Twilight opened it, seeing the Mane 6 inside re-organizing the library. Upon looking at me, they were very excited and their smiles widened then suddenly hugged me really tight.

"RYAN!" They shouted. I missed them, their voices, faces and seeing them made me really happy… I let out a single tear drop from my eye…

"Hahaha, seems that you missed me so much."

"Yeah we did! It's been 3 days you've been missing!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed

"Ryan…" a quiet voice called out from behind, I turned around looked to see Fluttershy with a bag of flowers…

"Hey! 'Shy, how are you?" I said to her as she hugged me tightly, nuzzling on my chest while crying.

"Ryan… I really, really missed you! I thought that I will never see you again!"

"Don't cry, 'Shy. I'm here now, and there's nothing to worry about… And I miss you too. Glad to be finally be back guys!" I said to them while stretching my arms.

"Dude, what happened to you anyway?" Ray asked me,

"Oh nothing, just stuff about when Dark forced me into mating and then a father-to-daughter battle began and etc."

"Wait… what was the first part about Dark forcing you into mating with her?" he asked. My blood suddenly ran cold. How could I let this thought slip out of my mind? Explaining this to everyone including Fluttershy would make every pony know that I'm some kind of womanizer, running around just mating and having sex with other ponies. So I didn't reply for a few seconds, that's when Ray snapped me into the real world.

"Yo! Dude to Earth, do you hear me?" He called out to me while shaking me,

"Uhhh… Yeah, what?"

"Did you hear what I just said? What was the first part about Dark forcing you into mating?" He then made a suspicious look,

"Okay… I'll explain it, I was hypnotized by Dark and she forced me into mating. That's all, I did not do it on my own free will." I lied on the first part.

"DID YOU TURN INTO A REAPER?!" Ray shouted,

"No! Dark said if I give her some of my blood, I won't turn into one. So I'm safe, from her… for now."

"What do you mean for now, dear?" Rarity stepped in,

"I know that she will come looking for me because of her powerful magic. She can find me by just a snap of a finger something like that. And I have to prepare for anything that might be related to Dark in anyway, even if it's a friend or not."

"That's the Ryan I know!"

"Ryan, you idiot…" I heard Fluttershy calling out to me, so I walked up to her and kneeled.

"Fluttershy, I'm sorry that I've cheated on you. I'm sorry it won't—" I tried to apologize but she stopped me, putting a hoof to my mouth, so I looked down, prepared for anything that she will say and hoped that I'll be able to take it all.

"It's okay, Ryan… You said that you acted not on your own free will. And you said that you'll still love me always, even though you behaved that you're not like yourself. I love you, Ryan…" She said to me… I was relieved; I thought that she was going to say something bad or something. Wait… who am I kidding? This is Fluttershy we're talking about, she's shy and timid and by the looks on her, she won't hurt anyone!

"Thank you, 'Shy." I smiled and hugged her. I stood up then fixed myself.

"What a freaking adventure you had there, bro." Ray spoke,

"How about you bro, did you mate with a pony yet?" I asked him, this caused him to blush a little.

"Yeaah… But this time, it's not for the pleasure, but for love! IT'S THE GREATEST FEELING I EVER HAD!" He shouted in joy and excitement.

"What's her name?"

"Hehehe, Seeecreeet!" he said mockingly.

"Heh… Well, I already did my first time with Fluttershy and second to Dark *wink* *wink*" I whispered to Ray, and it made him chuckle.

But I'm glad that Fluttershy was still able to forgive me after that. And I have to stop Dark from mating with me, or else I will have no choice but to use the full power of the ring to take her down.

"AWW BISCUITS! I want to do my first time with Ryan! No fair that that big meanie forced Ryan, NO FAIR!" Pinkie said in disappointment,

"Seriously, do you like me that much? Jesus Christ, Pinkie." I responded.

"Well, I'm back and it's good to be back! Ray, what did you do while I was gone?" I asked him,

"Well, not much. I met Nurse Redheart for the first time, talked and the next thing you know I'm in love with her. Because… she's the only one that understood me, helped and showed me acts of kindness which made me feel and understand finally, the TRUE MEANING OF LOVE."

"Nurse Redheart, huh? Good for you dude. WHEW! I feel like I could drink 100 Red Bulls at once! Now where's that pink pony who throws super-duper-awesome parties *wink* *wink*?" I announced, hinting Pinkie Pie.

"OH! OH! I know one pony that can do that!" she shouted excitedly, when suddenly, I glanced a small, odd looking unicorn filly behind Twilight Sparkle, hiding from me. She has black fur, violet mane, some eyeglasses, a headband and a purple vest.

"Umm… Ahem, excuse me young filly, what is your name?" I asked her, but she didn't respond but instead hid from me. Twilight smiled, so she coaxed her,

"Come on, now. Don't be shy!" Twilight pushed her near me, waiting for someone to speak.

"My name is Ryan, what's yours? Don't worry, I won't hurt you" I asked her again. It seems that her nervousness vanished when I calmed her down. A moment of silence filled the entire room, and then the filly spoke,

"My n-name is Nyx…" She said as her voice died down.

"It's nice to meet you, Nyx!" I offered a hand and she shook it. What a weird name, at least there is at least one pony with a name that is not that common and is used back in my place.

I walked up to Twilight and talked to her, "Haven't seen her in here, where did you find her? Is she new here in Pony Ville?"

"Well, it's quite of a long story…" She replied,

"LET'S GET THIS PARTY STAAAAARTEED!" Pinkie shouted in enthusiasm and eagerness for the party to start as she bounced outside the treehouse on the way to Sugarcube Corner

"Well, we could talk about it while we walk." I insisted on knowing the whole story. Sometimes, curiousness gets the best of me. Once I heard something questionable and interesting, I will do anything just to know about it. And that's how I am up until now.

"Weeeeell… Okay then, I'll tell you the whole thing about it." She replied as we walked out the treehouse.

Somewhere, in Outer-Equestria…
Actually... It's in the Night Forge Castle.

"Ryan Wilson… My lover has escaped my grasp for the final time, and now… he cannot escape me, for I am now even powerful than ever. FOR I AM—"

A Nightcolt guard interrupted her thought, "Princess Dark? Are you okay?"

"Huh? How dare you enter the premises without knocking?! OUT!" She shouted in anger, the guard was ashamed and went out to do his own business.

She looked at the black sky. Growing a smirk, she whispered, "I'm coming for you, lover… You will wait…"

Meanwhile at the Sugarcube Corner,

"AWWWWWWWW YEAHHHHHHHHHHH! LET'S GO CRAZY!" Ray, high on cupcakes, gone coco nutballs and partied hard

The party was a blast! It was awesome and the music is playing from my phone. Ray is high on cupcakes and the other members of the Mane 6 are dancing while me and Twilight are still talking about the Reincarnation of Nightmare Moon.

My eyes widened in shock and disbelief, "Good God… Did that really happen?" I asked her, she nodded yes.

"And now she's back to normal and she lives with me and Spike." She continued,

"Oh my Jesus… That was the best story I had ever heard in my whole entire life! I just cannot believe that THAT happened, Holy Jesus…"

Truly a sad story, but I really find it hard to believe that Nyx is the reincarnation of the most feared enemy, Nightmare Moon; despite the fact that I heard stories about her that she wanted to bring darkness all over Equestria for eternity but is unsuccessful when Twilight and the Mane 6 stopped her using the Elements of Harmony. But Nyx… She's something else. She was able to suppress the evil of Nightmare Moon and saved Equestria even though she IS Nightmare Moon.

My train of thought was cut off when Ray, finally returned to normal, called my attention.

"Yo, Ryan! Wanna sing again for the ponies?" he asked me. I broke into a smile, seeing the ponies around me with puppy dog eyes, begging me to sing.

"Alright then, let's do it!"

Ray's POV

My God! That cupcake is fucking something else! Jesus, who would've thought that a cupcake this size and taste can make you so freaking high like a skyscraper?

I was standing at the DJ stand, calling out to Ryan to sing a song with Vinyl when suddenly, a filly with black fur, blue and red mane, and a cutie mark of an 8th note. A hint just crossed my mind that he also loves music.

"Come on, Vinyl! Let me take the wheel!" he pleaded,

"Ok, ok; you can mix, is that cool with you Ray?"

"Sure! What's your name, boy?" I asked him,

"My name's Rain Chaser, dude!"

"It's nice to meet you, Rain Chaser. So you like to mix, huh?" I asked him,

"Sure I do! What do you think I do when I'm with Vinyl?" He replied,

"Tell you what, we'll operate the music and Ryan will sing for us. Is that okay for you?"

"Hell yeah! Let's do this!" He shook my head in approval when suddenly; I noticed holes in his hooves, which is weird because normal ponies don't have holes in their hooves. I washed that thought off of my mind and turned the music up.

"You ready, Ryan?!" I shouted and gave me thumbs up.

"Let's turn this shit up!"

I started the mix and played,

Back to Ryan's POV

It's been awhile that I sang to a bunch of ponies in stage. Well, I have to since they begged to,

"Hi, everyone! Is everybody ready?" I spoke into the mic. The audience stomped their hooves on the floor,

"Alrighty then… Hit it Ray!"

The song began playing Counting Stars by OneRepublic

The song ended and the reaction is the same as before, Rainbow Dash is flying like crazy, Fluttershy going batcrap insane. Fan girl much?

The party was like the same as before, the same large party Pinkie threw me when I first came into Pony Ville. It was so familiar and the same time fun.

The party lasted for 3 hours; half of the ponies invited went home except for the Cutie Mark Crusaders who stayed in order to get a chance to know me but got tired. Everybody was asleep when I woke up to see that I was in the grasp of Fluttershy and Pinkie. I silently slipped off of them and went to the bathroom to take a break. After flushing the toilet and washing my hands in the sink, I suddenly felt a painful headache.

"Agh… Must be the party, heh… Note to self: Next time, don't party too hard." I said to myself as I massaged my head. I turned the faucet on and washed my face, but when I looked up the mirror, I saw an alicorn standing behind me… glaring at me lustfully, that familiar face giving me the creeps. Suddenly, that familiar face hit me like a .50 caliber magnum, I backed up in fear.

"N-No… Dark?" I muttered in fear, I quickly turned around to see that no one is there. When I looked at the mirror again, the alicorn's face was inches away from my face. I jumped in fear; I looked again and she was finally gone. I was filled with relief,

"Thank God… I thought that she was gonna get me!" I whispered to myself.

I went back to sleep on the floor with Pinkie and Fluttershy when I noticed Spike awake and writing on the table. I stood up and sat next to him,

"Hey, Spike. What's that?" I asked him, yet he didn't respond but instead hid the letter from me. Curious, I coaxed him,

"Come on, Spike. You can tell me everything. I'm a good guy, after all."

No response.

"If it's about Rarity, I can help you to be hers." I said to him. And then, he placed his quill down and spoke.

"How are you able to do that? Everypony likes you and I'm not getting enough attention, so I'm left out."

"Look, I've been there, Spike. I've felt what you feel right now and I want to help you… So you're not alone.

"Really?"

I nodded yes. He smiled, letting out a drop of tear and then finally hugging me. I hugged him back,

Suddenly, I was greeted by a vision. A terrifying vision that I shouldn't have seen… A vision about Spike, lying in a pool of blood, holding a razor in his right hand and a wound on his left and a picture of Rarity on the ceiling and then suddenly, an apparition of Rarity gliding down and finally kissing him as he draws his last breath…

I snapped back from my trance and withdrew from the hug. "AGH!" I shouted, the feeling of fear running through my veins… Funny as hell, it was the most horrible thing I could think of.

"Ryan? Ryan, are you okay?" Spike spoke, but I was speechless. No single word came out of my mouth, not even one sound came out. I was scared, frightened, about that vision. Will it happen though? Is it really going to happen?

I couldn't figure it out… It felt real, like I was really there, standing and watching him die because of Rarity.

I couldn't let that happen…

"RYAN!"

Spike shouted. Finally recovered from the horrifying vision, I calmed down. I looked at Spike, worry in his eyes, like an eye of a cute kitten…

I began, "*pant* *pant* Oh my God… I am terribly sorry about that Spike…"

"Dude, what happened to you? You were hugging me a while ago when suddenly you shook me and squeezed me tight! And then you were pushed back and then I saw you shaking in fear! What happened?"

I couldn't tell him, I just can't… It was too painful for me to tell him about the vision, and yet I did tell him. I told him everything that happened in the vision.

"And that's about it…"

There was silence everywhere for a moment. Suddenly, Spike broke into a guffaw.

"HAHAHAH! That's the most ridiculous thing that I've ever heard! Me? Dying a painful death because I was heartbroken? Puhlease, that won't happen." He mocked, and I was getting annoyed now.

"I wish that it wouldn't… Besides, we aren't sure that it WILL happen anyway." I washed myself with relief…

"You see? We don't have proof that that vision will happen anyway. So, can you help me win Rarity?"

"Heh… Sure." I said to him like nothing happened.

I'm still not sure about that vision, though. Every time I think of it, it haunts me… Every single minute, it kills me inside; Wishing that it wouldn't happen. So I'm going to help Spike,

AND I'M GOING TO NEED SOME HELP…